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Tech Forum : Driveshaft Center Support Bearing.

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ineedabrew   Posted Saturday, Dec 20th 10:54pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
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Post nr. 30
   
Stone Mountain, GA
1979 BMW 323i
Come on....somebody out there has to have some info about this. Gotta get this finished. How do you get the center support bearing off of a 79 323i to replace it? I have the guibo (flex disc) removed and the driveshaft lowered. What now? It appears the shaft is all one piece up to the bearing and beyond.

Help!

TJ   Posted Tuesday, Dec 23rd 2:17am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
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Post nr. 71

NY, USA
82 528e2i 84 320i/4 80 320i
Look inside the u-joint that is right behind the center bearing. There should be a circlip in there, after removing it the rear half of the driveshaft should pull off from the front half. Then the bearing can be pulled off as well.

ineedabrew   Posted Saturday, Dec 27th 1:20am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
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Post nr. 31
   
Stone Mountain, GA
1979 BMW 323i
Hey, I appreciate the input. On my model there is actually a nut that you have to loosen and that thing was a Bas#$%^^&&d! I finally got it removed and in my anxiousness to get the thing out I forgot to mark the relative position of the front side of the shaft to the back portion. Am I screwed or what? Do I need to worry about this or just do the best I can?

I'm pissed.

TJ   Posted Saturday, Dec 27th 5:15am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
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Post nr. 72

NY, USA
82 528e2i 84 320i/4 80 320i
Not certain, but I wouldn't be too worried about it.

ineedabrew   Posted Saturday, Dec 27th 5:30pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
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Post nr. 32
   
Stone Mountain, GA
1979 BMW 323i
Thanks....now I can reassemble...


BarryA   Posted Saturday, Jan 3rd 7:11am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]
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Post nr. 220

Sacramento CA
81 320
Ideally, the driveshaft should go back together with the two halves in their original orientation to each other.

You'll know whether or not you have a problem as soon as you start driving the car - if there's an imbalance due to having the halves mismatched, it'll usually manifest itself as a vibration that gets worse as the car's speed increases.


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